Arit John - Reporter
Arit John
Reporter
Arit John is a CNN reporter based in Washington, D.C., where she covers national politics and the trends and issues emerging from the 2024 election.
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DNC chair race kicks off as Ken Martin and Martin O’Malley launch bids
Nov 19, 2024
Just two weeks after a bruising presidential election, the race to lead the Democratic Party has begun in earnest, with Minnesota Democratic party chair Ken Martin and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley entering the race this week.
Despite presidential headwinds, these Senate Democratic candidates won states Harris lost
Nov 12, 2024
Republicans flipped the Senate, but Democratic candidates often outran the top of the ticket, winning at least four battleground states that Vice President Kamala Harris lost.
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen will win reelection in Nevada, CNN projects
Nov 9, 2024
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen will win reelection in Nevada, CNN projects, holding off Republicans from adding to their incoming majority in the US Senate.
After two presidential losses, women wonder what it will take to shatter the glass ceiling
Nov 8, 2024
America did not elect Kamala Harris as its first female president this week, but Janet Edwards was grateful she got to witness a fellow Black woman run for the highest office in the land in her lifetime.
Who is Usha Vance, the next second lady of the United States?
Nov 7, 2024
Usha Vance has been by JD Vance’s side through all his introductions to the American people – as a bestselling author, a senator and the Republican VP nominee.
Republican Sen. Deb Fischer will win reelection in Nebraska’s Senate race, CNN projects
Nov 6, 2024
Republican Sen. Deb Fischer will win reelection in Nebraska, defeating an unexpectedly strong challenge from independent Dan Osborn, CNN projects.
Josh Stein will win North Carolina governor’s race, CNN projects
Nov 6, 2024
Democratic state Attorney General Josh Stein will win North Carolina’s gubernatorial race, CNN projects, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, whose campaign struggled as his history of incendiary remarks became public.
Sarah McBride will win open Delaware seat, becoming first transgender person in Congress, CNN projects
Nov 6, 2024
Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, will win her state’s at-large US House seat, making her the first out transgender person to serve in Congress, CNN projects.
Democrats look to make new gains in state legislatures, and protect recent ones
Nov 4, 2024
Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a fierce battle for control of key state legislatures, including several in presidential swing states.
These older women voters remember a time before Roe — and they’re rallying around Kamala Harris
Nov 2, 2024
In 1965, when Betty Gunz was a junior in college, she was kicked out of school and almost died after having an illegal abortion.
More than 1,000 faith leaders endorse Harris as vice president leans on her faith to turn out Black voters
Oct 27, 2024
More than a thousand religious leaders endorsed Kamala Harris on Sunday, bolstering the Democratic presidential nominee’s push to emphasize how faith is informing her campaign ahead of next week’s election.
Takeaways from Kamala Harris’ CNN town hall
Oct 24, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris told a Pennsylvania crowd at CNN’s town hall Wednesday night that she considers Republican rival Donald Trump a fascist.
Inside the efforts to reach young Black men who might stay home instead of voting
Oct 22, 2024
Dozens of Black motorcyclists drove through north and west Philadelphia over the weekend with a simple message for Black men: Go vote.
Two House incumbents seek to woo the other party’s voters in Pacific Northwest swing seats
Oct 14, 2024
Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon are defending seats that could be key to deciding control of the House.
Takeaways from the vice presidential debate between Vance and Walz
Oct 2, 2024
The vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was something that’s become increasingly rare in modern American politics: Normal.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is latest Trump ally to make dig at Harris over biological kids
Sep 19, 2024
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders reignited the controversy over how allies of Donald Trump talk about stepmothers and childless women when she told supporters of the former president Tuesday night that Kamala Harris doesn’t have anything to keep her humble.
About
Arit John is a CNN reporter based in Washington, D.C., where she covers national politics and the trends and issues emerging from the 2024 election.
Before joining CNN in 2023, she served as a national political correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, where she wrote about the intersection of politics and policy for a west coast audience. Prior to the Times, John spent nearly five years at Bloomberg News covering politics and Congress. She got her start at the Atlantic’s former breaking news site, The Wire.
She grew up in southern California and studied English at UCLA.
